
The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland

Glossary
Masonry laid diagonally along horizontal courses, each course laid in the opposite direction to that below it. Herringbone masonry is usually taken to be indicative of 11thc work.
A type of chamfer where instead of being carved at a uniform straight angle, the stone takes a concave or inverse quarter-round profile.
An arch resembling a horseshoe in shape, usually round but sometimes pointed.
A figure made up of human, animal or imaginary forms combined to present a frightening, bizarre or comic appearance.